Arnie Kantrowitz papers 1958-1995

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Arnie Kantrowitz papers 1958-1995

Writer, gay rights activist, and professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Officer of the Gay Activists Alliance (1970), Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (1976) and cofounder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (1985), Kantrowitz is the author of the memoir Under the Rainbow: Growing Up Gay (1977) and many essays in the gay press. Personal papers and organizational records chiefly concerning Kantrowitz's activities as a writer and gay rights activist. The collection includes correspondence from friends, fellow writers, and readers (1964-1995); diaries and notebooks (1960s-1986); records kept as secretary of the Gay Activists Alliance (1970), Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (1976), and Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (1985); notes, drafts and manuscripts of his published and unpublished writing (1960s-1990s) and personal memorabilia.

14 linear ft. (36 boxes)

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